{"id":360,"date":"2026-01-15T10:53:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T14:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/immigrationlaw\/?p=360"},"modified":"2026-02-11T10:56:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T14:56:51","slug":"department-of-state-announces-temporary-pause-on-immigration-visas-for-75-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/immigrationlaw\/2026\/01\/15\/department-of-state-announces-temporary-pause-on-immigration-visas-for-75-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"Department of State Announces Temporary Pause on Immigration Visas for 75 Countries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.duanemorris.com\/attorneys\/maxinedorainbayley.html\">Maxine D. Bayley<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.duanemorris.com\/attorneys\/guilhermemassetti.html\">Guilherme Massetti<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/travel.state.gov\/content\/travel\/en\/News\/visas-news\/immigrant-visa-processing-updates-for-nationalities-at-high-risk-of-public-benefits-usage.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced a temporary pause<\/a>\u00a0on the issuance of immigrant visas for nationals of certain countries as part of a comprehensive review of public charge-related policies and guidance. This action follows recent executive directives emphasizing that intending immigrants must demonstrate financial self-sufficiency and avoid reliance on public benefits in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the full <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.duanemorris.com\/alerts\/department_state_announces_temporary_pause_immigrant_visas_75_countries_0126.html\">Alert<\/a><\/em> on the Duane Morris LLP website. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Maxine D. Bayley and\u00a0Guilherme Massetti The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has\u00a0announced a temporary pause\u00a0on the issuance of immigrant visas for nationals of certain countries as part of a comprehensive review of public charge-related policies and guidance. This action follows recent executive directives emphasizing that intending immigrants must demonstrate financial self-sufficiency and avoid reliance &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/immigrationlaw\/2026\/01\/15\/department-of-state-announces-temporary-pause-on-immigration-visas-for-75-countries\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Department of State Announces Temporary Pause on Immigration Visas for 75 Countries&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[11],"ppma_author":[235],"class_list":["post-360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-immigration"],"authors":[{"term_id":235,"user_id":6,"is_guest":0,"slug":"duanemorris3","display_name":"Duane Morris","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/843ff6e7a8fe5fc92109b47a45f34b6cf0ea499e6e788db23456c838b0ae6747?s=96&d=blank&r=g","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/immigrationlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/immigrationlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/immigrationlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/immigrationlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/immigrationlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/immigrationlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/immigrationlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/immigrationlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/immigrationlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/immigrationlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}